The Mi-6 'Hook' Helicopter

Mi-6 'Hook' Helicopter

Designer:

Mil Design Bureau

Russian Designation:

Mi-6

Popular Name:

Shestyorka (six)

Manufacturer:

State Industries

Role:

Heavy Transport Helicopter

Year Adopted:

Prototype First Flight:

Serial Production:(3)

September 1957

1960 (initial 30 piece run)

Total Production:

Over 800 produced for Soviet use, more for export.

Variants:

Mi-6T	with 12.7mm gun in nose
Mi-6A	Aeroflot version
Mi-6S	Medical evac - 41 stretchers + 2 crew
Mi-6P	Firefighting version
Mi-6Pass	Hook-A, 80 passenger version
Mi-6R	Hook-B, early command version
Mi-22	Hook-C, later command version.

Operational Status: (1)(2)(3)

Retired (2002): Russian Federation

Other Nations: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bulgaria, Ethiopia, Egypt, Iraq, Libya, Peru, Syria, Vietnam, Zambia, and other former Soviet Republics.

Not Operational (1986): Indonesia

Armament:

None*

*Mi-6T, equipped with a gun in the nose fired by navigator.

Engine:

2 x Soloviev D-25V engines producing 5,500 hp

Crew:

Normal:

As Troop Transport:

As Medical Transport:

5 Crew

5 crew, 65 passengers

5 crew, 41 stretchers, 2 medical attendants

Rotor Diameter:

35 meters

(114 feet, 10 inches)

Length:

33.18 meters

(108 feet, 10 inches)

Width (w/o rotor):

15.3 meters

(50 feet, 2 inches)

Height:

9.86 meters

(30 feet, 7 inches)

Speed:

Maximum Top Speed:

Maximum Cruise:


300 km per hour	(186 miles per hour)
250 km per hour	(155 miles per hour)

Take-Off Weight:

Empty:

Maximum Load for normal vertical take off:

Maximum Load:


27,240 kilograms	(60,055 lbs)
42,500 kilograms	(93,695 lbs)
44,000 kilograms	(97,002 lbs)

Ceiling:

4500 meters

(14,763 feet)

Range:

Ferry:

(4500kg cargo and external tanks)

(8000kg cargo and no external tanks)


1,450 kilometers	(900 miles)
1050 kilometers	(652 miles)
600 kilometers	(373 miles)